The Central Iowa Blues Society presents the Winter Blues Fest, Feb. 20 & 11 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Des Moines. Sixteen bands will perform, including state Blues Challenge winners from Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Other headliners include the Scottie Miller Band, Davina & The Vagabonds, Toronto Cannon, and Ronnie Baker Brooks (son of …
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has two new exhibits going up, “Carved” and “America on Paper.” Both deal with woodcuts and print-making, with examples that range from the Sixteenth Century to today. Curator Kate Kunau invites the whole family can get involved in learning about and making prints Feb. 4 during a Family Fun …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place February 9, 2017. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured CD for February is “Concert of the Century” by Dizzy Gillespie and Friends. On November 24th, 1980, Dizzy invited five jazz legends–Milt Jackson, James Moody, Hank Jones, Ray Brown and Philly Joe Jones–to join him onstage in Montreal to pay tribute to the legendary Charlie Parker. A limited quantity bootleg album of …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Jazz (Steve Grismore) Guitarist Steve Grismore has his own trio, but also appears with organist Sal Salomone’s trio and the Beaker Brothers. He was a member of the famed Orquesta Alto Maiz group for ten years. …
Kathryn Van Meter from Seattle directs the rock musical “Next to Normal” at City Circle Acting Company, Feb. 10-12. Kathryn is just a little familiar with this play. The playwright, Brian Yorkey, is a good friend of Kathryn’s and she was involved in some early readings of the script, and actually choreographed the first full …
Tim Hankewich and Orchestra Iowa lead off 2017 with a concert called “American Mystics.” It will feature concertmaster Dawn Gingerich in her first guest artist role with the Orchestra, performing Samuel Barber’s famous violin concerto. The other pieces will be familiar to you as well, as they have been either featured in movies or inspired …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Jazz (Dan Knight) Ottumwa, Iowa native Dan Knight was a fixture in Eastern Iowa music circles for several decades. It was his mentor, Dr. Billy Taylor, who turned him on to becoming a jazz performer. However, …
